The Edison Schools

Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-95046-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 320 g

Reihe: Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture

The story of the Edison Schools is a gripping tale of money, kids, and greed. What began in the 1980s as an enterprise to transform public schools quickly became a troubled business battling falling test scores and dismal stock prices. How did the most ambitious for-profit education company in U.S. history lose respect, money, and credibility in such a short time?

Revealing how American McEducation went from glory to crisis, The Edison Schools tracks entrepreneur Christopher Whittle's plan to introduce a standardized nationwide curriculum and cut administrative waste. Education specialist Kenneth J. Saltman finds that the critics' predictions came true in Edison schools across the country: Experienced teachers left in droves, students were virtually given answers to standardized tests to drive up scores, and difficult students were "counselored" out.

Zielgruppe

Education and politics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saltman, Kenneth J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Series Editors' Introduction Introduction: Pledging Allegiance to the Corporation Chapter One: Rise and Fall Chapter Two: But Does it Work? Chapter Three: Edron: Two Brief Studies in Corporate Unaccountability Chapter Four: No Contest: Edison's Takeover of the Philadelphia Schools and the Lessons of Public School Competition Chapter Five: Corporate Schooling and the Future of the Public Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth J. Saltman is Assistant Professor, Social and Cultural Studies in Education, DePaul University.